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*We’re not going on a summer holiday:* ‘Critical incident’ declared at Dover due to ‘woefully inadequate’ border staffing
“I’m booked onto 8am ferry from Dover and it’s total gridlock. Moved 50 metres per hour.“At this rate it’ll be 34 hours before I get to the port!"
Reactions as Farage to present live show at a bargain basement price
"Sorry Nige! I'd love to but I have to watch some paint drying," wrote one person after reading about Farage's show.
Truss badgered by Badger cull protesters – blaming her for 176,000 dead animals
A protester dressed as one of the furry mammals followed the Foreign Secretary with placards that read “I am innocent” and “176,000 badgers shot by Defra.
Govt legislation to stop impact of strikes by Minister who skipped committee hearing to avoid scrutiny
It seems that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has seemingly gone on strike by refusing to appear in front of a select committee.
Brexit: Public health research at risk if EU programme membership lost – ‘self harm’
Universities UK (UUK), a group of 140 universities which previously described the loss of Horizon membership as “political self-harm”,
Dorries you seeing this? Channel 4 sell-off under fire after best ever financial performance
The government has recently admitted trying to alter Channel 4's annual report to make it more positive about privatisation.
Dan Wootton trolled climate researcher and ended up getting schooled
"@DailyMailUK aka the #DailyFail strikes again! Absolute ignorance and snideness as per! On the plus side it’s bought our attention to a brilliant scientist @ChloBrim," wrote one person.
Watch: If you close your eyes Sunak sounds like Will from The Inbetweeners
Will from the Inbetweeners was famously called 'briefcase w*nker, but how many times have you seen Sunak holding up his red box before a budget announcement? Just saying!
A pic from Tory 1922 backbench committe takes us back to 1922
"Remarkable own goals being scored all over the place by Tories. But this image. Wow," tweeted Joylon Rubinstein.